JoaoG Costa's chess openings
🇵🇹 PortugalFIDE 2150114 games
JoaoG Costa, from Portugal, has 114 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, JoaoG Costa most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +20 =13 −34 · 40%
As Black47 games · +13 =9 −25 · 37%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%60 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening10%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game23%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense13%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense36%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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